Yes, the reason why my company uses it is because it enables us to make it do what we and our customers want it to. This is all the better if I can back that up with "roughly a quarter of the world's mail servers are running Exim which is an indication of its ability, reliability, resilience and robustness" etc.
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Klaus Ethgen <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > NotDashEscaped: You need GnuPG to verify this message > > Am Di den 24. Jan 2012 um 15:02 schrieb Graeme Fowler: >> On Tue, 2012-01-24 at 14:28 +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: >> > I like the statistic from security space[0] for obvious reason ;-) >> >> ...which shows the rise of Ubuntu as an installed server OS, and >> WHM/cPanel as hosting control panels - all of which use Exim by default. >> >> There's good reason for that choice having been made, but it is not one >> made by most of the admins involved - it's been pre-selected for them. > > Might be. > >> Notably however Exim is now not installed in RHEL6 (and therefore >> CentOS6); it is included in the EPEL repository and can be chosen, but >> the default is Postfix. I doubt that will contribute greatly. > > Postfix is much less flexible than exim. However, I like to suggest > postfix for not expert users if they ask for an MTA as the possibility > for harm is smaller. > >> For me "it's really popular" is not a massive consideration when looking >> at software. "We can make it do what we need it to" overrides >> everything. > > True. The statistic above I use for arguing with managers. They like if > they have a graphic. And if it fit with my preferred technical solution > ... > > Regards > Klaus > -- > Klaus Ethgen http://www.ethgen.ch/ > pub 4096R/4E20AF1C 2011-05-16 Klaus Ethgen <[email protected]> > Fingerprint: 85D4 CA42 952C 949B 1753 62B3 79D0 B06F 4E20 AF1C > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > iQGcBAEBCgAGBQJPHr9HAAoJEKZ8CrGAGfassLIL/1Tf8GPISNi8xz2nVj1DBHVb > dJtTCvz6K1nL5fnBiOYhIgDA45/KVTeHIrp41b8s2ySCB7lYCcZARnCGYaENdjJy > 6EPg04k2qGiY4jTq2sfnmjE4+X6+ZC1zj7ua+yDMgRHT5nDgzkLP23xOOkriPOgm > tVoavI8A5goSaLAIw+KHVe34Xwfv+RIesBOdzrVrmR9frQ9/sgbDm1xLzAkFv0xN > HaMXWhQOhjJWhn6JfPfeIeTjQFUEP46r33yqvL1aZHe1qDXRfVvYcnjmTJgkuZPP > JSjRS9CLYcSXHNR/o4Riy5E3LBsqz7ze+t+2YZokofOXAC1uCXK8ZhNI1ABVCKtw > /QtSlg6NEPfSKYr4uDQDc0IrUxGbIw2dZXLBkkMsS6ePewKEOZ6vIDjwQeKUlNPy > wJhoHuH7O0Jqv6IDhwP5a5qZDJs9f4DKqeLELbprtn6wn89CVcMA0gBjcJB18Ard > nd7hvT0qJ9r6QZCpRk1D+60XiZjw3de+rcWRnlaN2w== > =rm4Q > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users > ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ > ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/ -- ## List details at https://lists.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://wiki.exim.org/
